The Book of Samson

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The Book of Samson

Paul Jarman  RCL Publications 2016

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In 1874 a small foundry in Poole, Dorset, manufactured its first successful railway locomotive, intended for use on industrial narrow gauge tramways, in mining or manufacturing. Named locally SAMSON, this engine was the subject of just a single photograph and within two decades the mine in the Durham dales where it worked had closed and it was eventually sold for scrap in 1904. In 2013 construction of a new Samson began at Beamish Museum, and three years later this new steam locomotive, a close reproduction of the original, was completed. This is the story both of the original locomotive and of the new Samson, how it was built and what some of the motivations for its recreation were for those who undertook to explore an obscure branch of railway history and locomotive engineering. 255 photographs, 14 drawings, 2 period engravings and 2 maps.

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